Michigan Members of Congress Ready to Unfriend Facebook
The head of Facebook testifies before Congress today and tomorrow about how the social media website allowed data from millions...
Michigan Ending Free Bottled Water for Flint This Week
Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET The state of Michigan is ending deliveries of free bottled water to residents in Flint whose drinking supply...
Tariffs, Trade Wars and What They Could Mean for Michigan
Jake Neher/WDET President Donald Trump says he's not afraid of a trade war with China. But there are several groups sounding...
Detroiters Remember Doctor King’s Assassination 50 Years Later
Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee 50 years ago this week. It was a day few...
Can Suburbs Shaped By Cars Build Walkable Downtowns from Scratch?
City of Warren The city of Warren is seeking a developer to build a brand new $125 million downtown area....
Should Schools Be Able to Ban or Regulate Guns?
Jake Neher/WDET A major firearms case will be debated in front of the Michigan Supreme Court next week. But advocates...
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s New Book Explores Monuments, Race
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu made national headlines last year when he had the confederate statues in his city removed....
RFK the Day After MLK Died: A Warning that Still Resonates
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET On the evening that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago, Sen. Robert Kennedy gave...
Trump’s Border Fixation and What It Means for Immigrants
Jake Neher/WDET Immigration continues to be a hotly debated subject in the United States -- DACA, the proposed border wall, and now a group...
Scientists Plan Real Time Analysis of Water Conditions in Lake Erie
Canada’s federal government is stepping up funding for programs to monitor the health of the water in the Great...
Nestle’s Permit to Increase Groundwater Pumping in Michigan Approved
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Nestle will be able to increase the amount of water it can take from a well in...
How Fundamental Is Race to Our Understanding of Ourselves and Our Politics?
Jake Neher/WDET Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Ahead of that anniversary, Detroit Today explores the concept of...